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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b3">σφῆκες</b>, <b class="b3">η ζῳ̃ον ὅμοιον μελίσσῃ</b> H., Hdn. Gr. 1, 89.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">δελλίθια ἀνθρήνια</b>. <b class="b3">οἱ δε κηρία</b> H. (<b class="b3">ἀνθρήνια</b> <b class="b2">wasps nests</b>?)<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Seems formed like <b class="b3">ὄρνι-θες</b>. I see no reason to connect [[βελόνη]] (s. v.). The geminate <b class="b3">λλ</b> could continue a phoneme <b class="b2">ly<sub></b>,</sub> so the word would be Pre-Greek. Forms from Lower Italy in Rohlfs WB 520.
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